D.—No. 46,

RETURN OF THE NAMES OF PERSONS DROWNED IN NEW ZEALAND FROM THE 1st JANUARY, 1840.

(Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, of 30th June, 1870.) That there bo laid upon the Table of this House—" A Eeturn of the names of all persons who have been drowned in each year, from the Ist January, 1840, to the present date, in any river or stream in New Zealand, givingthename of such river or stream, and of the Province in which itis situated." (Hon. Mr. Stafford.) WELLINGTON. 1870.